Dennis Hoey

Portland Press Herald

Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.

Latest

Published
April 11, 2018

About 97,000 CMP customers saw bills spike 50 percent or more this winter

Maine’s public advocate says he was ‘stunned’ to see that so many bills jumped, and he criticizes the company for withholding the numbers until this week.
Published
April 11, 2018

Cape Elizabeth to examine high turnover of school administrators

Janet Villiotte tells the Town Council her research shows 22 administrators have left the district within the past 6 years.
Published
April 10, 2018

Cape Elizabeth house severely damaged by fire to be torn down

No one was home at the time the fire struck early Tuesday, and investigators will be searching through the rubble to try to determine a cause.
Published
April 9, 2018

Judge upholds public access to beach in Kennebunkport

The court case that began in 2009, pitting beachfront property owners against the town, is likely headed for an appeal, according to an attorney representing the property owners.
Published
April 8, 2018

Portland police investigate apparent drug-related death

The victim was a 26-year-old man, whose body was discovered in an apartment building on Congress Street, police say.
Published
April 8, 2018

Collins says U.S. military response may be called for after Syrian chemical attack

Maine’s senior senator also says that Scott Pruitt is the wrong person to lead the EPA.
Published
April 8, 2018

Maine law enforcement officials warn of bad heroin after overdoses

Nine overdoses are reported across four counties in a single night, and three people have been arrested in Washington County.
Published
April 8, 2018

Police: Too early to link Domino’s robbery in Gorham to 10 others

The robber did not show a gun but had his hand under his sweatshirt, police say.
Published
April 5, 2018

Climate change panel outlines national security threats posed by rising sea levels

Even the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery could be affected by the end of the century, according to a member of the panel moderated by Sen. Angus King.
Published
April 5, 2018

Texas man pleads guilty to threatening ex-girlfriend in Maine

Shae Ryan Estes is facing up to 5 years in prison for calling the woman in 2017 and threatening to ‘hunt her down,’ U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank says.